Red apricots make spring

Chapter 45
Rourou stepped out of the gate of the Zhao Mansion, and wanted to find Xiaohuan, but she looked down at her body, and felt that this dress was too eye-catching to go to the restaurant, not to mention that she had never gone out since she traveled here. Knowing how many young women in this world go out alone on the street, if not many, they must be eye-catching when they go out, after thinking about it, it is better to obediently follow Ruhua Niang and walk to "home", knowing the way, I don't know how to go back when I don't get it.

Along the way, she took a look at the streets in the city, and felt that the roads were relatively smooth. Except for a few main streets that were paved with bluestone slabs, most of the other trails were loess roads, covered with a layer of gravel and fine sand. It's clean and tidy up there, but I don't know if it will be muddy after it rains.

There are mostly shops on both sides of the market, and there are also small stalls gathering in some places. Except for a few who are busy, all the stall owners are shouting at the top of their voices in order to attract business. From a distance, it is extremely lively.But these are not the things Wen Rou cares about the most. She only pays attention to the pedestrians passing by. As expected, most of the pedestrians on the road are men, and there are many women with buns among them. Of course, there are also some unmarried women from small families. , but most of them are accompanied by older women, and less of them are alone.

It seems that this place also pays attention to the fact that women do not step out of the gate, Wen Rou secretly sighed, suddenly felt that it is a troublesome thing to be unmarried, and it is somewhat inconvenient to move.

Walking through a street and turning into a narrow alley, she saw that most of the roadsides were houses with small courtyards, and there were many crazy and stubborn children running around in the alley, so she suddenly asked: "Mother, do you know Where is there a vacant house to rent?"

Ruhua Niang paused, turned to look at her suspiciously, and said, "Why do you think of asking this?"

Rourou weighed in her heart for a moment, and felt that it was best not to tell her about Xiaohuan. When she first discussed with Aunt Liu, it was because she hadn't redeemed herself and left the house, so she had to consider asking her to help settle Xiaohuan, but now I am now free, it is better for one less person to know about Xiaohuan, at least I don't have to worry about when Ruhua's mother accidentally slipped her mouth and leaked the wind, so she smiled: "I think the place at home is small, I will I went back again, it’s inconvenient to live in, why not find a house with a small courtyard and move.”

When she said this, she was also a little worried, wondering if there were any loopholes in the words, but Ruhua's family is so poor, logically, they shouldn't be able to live in a good house, right?So I still said it bravely.

Unexpectedly, when she said this, Ruhua Niang burst into tears immediately, and sighed: "Our house leaks rain in summer and fills with wind in winter. Since your father left, it has become more and more dilapidated. Why don't you want to move to a more spacious house?" More housing? It’s just that you don’t have enough money. Now that you have redeemed yourself, you have more places to spend money. If you can save some, save some. Even if your younger brother is older and can work and earn money, I have to prepare for you Dowry, in the future when you marry, you won’t be looked down upon by your in-laws.”

Since meeting Ruhuaniang, it was the first time she heard her thinking about her daughter's future, and she couldn't help sighing in her tender heart. After all, it was mother and daughter who bonded, she still put some attention on Ruhua, but if she was so poor that she could do nothing , it is estimated that the daughter will still be thrown aside, and the son is the first, but she still has this kind of thought anyway, Ruhua is not too wronged.

But Rourou thought about it, and felt that it would be better to move to live. After all, she is not the original Ruhua. She doesn’t know any of the neighbors who live near her house, so it’s easy to miss the truth. Besides, Ruhua’s family has lived there for a long time. Basically, there are no secrets at home. If there is a slight disturbance, the neighbors may know about it. It is better to move to a strange place and start a new life. Even if it costs more money, for the sake of safety, then It can only be spent, so I persisted in asking: "How much money does it cost to rent a three-room apartment with a small courtyard?"

Ruhuaniang thought for a while and said: "There is no certain number, if it is closer to the street, it will be more expensive, if it is a little out of the way, it will cost three to five hundred yuan a month."

Hearing what she said, Rou Rou immediately breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, it's not too expensive, and I can still afford it for the time being!
"Actually, if you have money, it's better to live in a pawned house." Ruhua Niang added, and asked gently, "Why?" But as soon as she said the words, she regretted it. After all, she didn't know the common sense of life in the market. Ruhua should not know, right?

Sure enough, Ruhua Niang glanced at her strangely, but fortunately she didn't ask any further questions, and said directly: "Spend tens of taels of silver to live in a pawn room, after a few years, wait for people to pay back the money and then find a place to move, the principal is one penny. A lot, and don’t have to pay rent, wouldn’t it be better?”

It turns out that Dianfang means mortgage a house!Rourou finally figured it out, but she didn't have so much money to live in a pawn house, not to mention that she was not like the ancients, who hid some gold and silver in the house, and wished they could use it to press the bottom of the box for decades, until they were old. Come out and change the coffin.If she has money, no matter what, she has to find a way to regenerate the money. Otherwise, in case of inflation, the money is worthless, who can she cry to?So he shook his head and said, "We don't have the money to mortgage the house, so let's rent one!"

"Really want to rent?" Ruhua Niang asked in surprise.

"Yes!" Rourou nodded firmly, not only did she want to rent a room, but she also wanted to rent two rooms at a time!But I can't say this to Ruhua Niang, she just said: "Mother, don't worry, I know how the money will be spent, I can't give you a lot of money, but I won't let you and your brother starve in the future."

As she said that, she secretly let out a deep breath, feeling that the burden on her body was getting heavier, but from a conscience point of view, she really couldn't just leave the Ruhua family alone, or wait until Wen just grew up and was able to earn money to support herself. Move the burden to him again!Hengjian only took two or three years.

The two talked all the way back to Wen's house. Because there were people in the house, the door was wide open. Gentlely lifted the curtain to enter, and first smelled a slightly damp musty smell mixed with the smell of human breath. The complex smell, as well as the slightly sweet smell of rotten cabbage, were really uncomfortable, so I hurriedly opened the curtains for ventilation, and opened the windows, and then I looked at the narrow and dark room, piled up everywhere. House of clutter.

"Hey, why did you open the window, the heat in the room escaped, what if your younger brother catches cold, how good it is!" Ruhua Niang hurriedly wanted to close the window, but she stopped gently and said: "It's better to circulate the air in the room, so you won't get sick easily, so let's close the windows later."

While talking, she immediately saw a thin boy half lying on a bed in the room. He was about twelve or thirteen years old, about the same age as Xiaohuan, with disheveled hair and a yellow face, but he looked quite decent. At this moment, she was opening her eyes wide, staring at Wen Rou in surprise, and after a while, she called out excitedly, "Sister!"

(End of this chapter)